ਵਿੱਚ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਵਿਚਿ (vici /⁠vicci⁠/), from Prakrit विच्च (vicca), from Sanskrit *वीच्य (vīcya) (compare वीचि (vīci)). Cognate to Hindi बीच (bīc, “middle”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋɪtt͡ʃɪ̆/

Postposition

ਵਿੱਚ • (vicci) (Shahmukhi spelling وچ)

  1. in
  2. within
  3. between
  4. among

References
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਵਿੱਚ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 1209.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vīcya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 696
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